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The main features (full list of quotes [[Oni2_Talk:Hex_Hound|HERE]]) are the living-dead duality (or the opposite image : neither dead nor alive), and the ghastly ''silence it makes when moving''. All in all, the descriptions are always very succint : some creepy perfection and efficiency, a state of near-death whenever the Hound doesn't serve its only purpose (to ''bring'' death), and movements so swift and silent that they don't seem to qualify as life either. The blurred motion (assimilated to a cloud blown across the ground) is out-of-this-world, as well as the electric glow. The silent motion (because of the rubber padded paws and "perfect" articulations) are somewhat more fit for a feline that for a "hound"; then again, it has 8 legs, so... | The main features (full list of quotes [[Oni2_Talk:Hex_Hound|HERE]]) are the living-dead duality (or the opposite image : neither dead nor alive), and the ghastly ''silence it makes when moving''. All in all, the descriptions are always very succint : some creepy perfection and efficiency, a state of near-death whenever the Hound doesn't serve its only purpose (to ''bring'' death), and movements so swift and silent that they don't seem to qualify as life either. The blurred motion (assimilated to a cloud blown across the ground) is out-of-this-world, as well as the electric glow. The silent motion (because of the rubber padded paws and "perfect" articulations) are somewhat more fit for a feline that for a "hound"; then again, it has 8 legs, so... | ||
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This is the basic curse in [[wp:Princess Mononoke|Princess Mononoke]]. It is first seen on the boar god Nago : the boar is covered in a thick layer of snake-like tendrils/feelers. The resulting creature (a demon) doesn't so much run or gallop as it crawls, in a creepy, shapeless way, and at great speed. The motion and the outline of the creature are blurred by the restless filaments. The eyes of the demon don't seem to to correspond to the eyes of the boar god | This is the basic curse in [[wp:Princess Mononoke|Princess Mononoke]]. It is first seen on the boar god Nago: the boar is covered in a thick layer of snake-like tendrils/feelers. The resulting creature (a demon) doesn't so much run or gallop as it crawls, in a creepy, shapeless way, and at great speed. The motion and the outline of the creature are blurred by the restless filaments. The eyes of the demon don't seem to to correspond to the eyes of the boar god – they're located up front and wide apart, and glow with a red light. | ||
Later, the great boar god Okkotonushi is also taken over by the curse. | Later, the great boar god Okkotonushi is also taken over by the curse. San is accidentally trapped in the mass of his Tatarigami filaments and nearly dies, rescued in extremis by Ashitaka. | ||
[[Image:Tatarigami San.jpg]] | |||
Off topic: the | Off topic: the Tatarigami curse eventually kills its bearer, but gives them supernatural strength in the meanwhile (another possible connection with the [[Daodan]] symbiosis). | ||
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